Scelidosaurus harrisonii

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: †Ornithischia
Cladus: †Genasauria
Cladus: †Thyreophora
Familia: †Scelidosauridae
Genus: †Scelidosaurus
Species: †Scelidosaurus harrisonii

Name

†Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861: 1 [conserved name]

Lectotype: BMNH R.1111, skull and skeleton. [designated by Opinion 1788 (1994: 288)]

Type locality and horizon: Charmouth, West Dorset, England, United Kingdon; lower cliff face in a Sinemurian marine mudstone in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation.

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Opinion 1788).

References

Primary references

Owen, R. 1861. A monograph of a fossil dinosaur (Scelidosaurus harrisonii, Owen) of the Lower Lias, part I. Monographs on the British fossil Reptilia from the Oolitic Formations 1: 1–14.
Charig, A.J. & Newman, B.H. 1992. Case 2857. Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861 (Reptilia, Ornithischia): proposed replacement of inappropriate lectotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49(4): 280–283. BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1994. Opinion 1788. Scelidosaurus harrisonii Owen, 1861 (Reptilia, Ornithischia): lectotype replaced. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(3): 288. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Norman, D.B., Witmer, L.M. & Weishampel, D.B. 2004. Basal Thyreophora. Pp. 335–342 in Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P. & Osmólska, H. (eds.), The Dinosauria. 2nd edition. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. ISBN 9780520254084. Reference page.
Butler, R.J., Upchurch, P. & Norman, D.B. 2008. The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002271 ResearchGate Reference page.